ἔδω

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See also: εδώ

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁ed- (“to eat”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Verb

ἔδω • (édō)

  1. Alternative form of ἐσθίω (esthíō)

Inflection

   Present: ἔδω, ἔδομαι (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔδω ἔδεις ἔδει ἔδετον ἔδετον ἔδομεν ἔδετε ἔδουσῐ(ν)
subjunctive ἔδω,
ἔδωμῐ 		ἔδῃς,
ἔδῃσθᾰ 		ἔδῃ,
ἔδῃσῐ 		ἔδητον ἔδητον ἔδωμεν ἔδητε ἔδωσῐ(ν)
optative ἔδοιμῐ ἔδοισ(θᾰ) ἔδοι ἔδοιτον ἐδοίτην ἔδοιμεν ἔδοιτε ἔδοιεν
imperative   ἔδε ἐδέτω ἔδετον ἐδέτων   ἔδετε ἐδόντων
middle/
passive 		indicative ἔδομαι ἔδεαι ἔδεται ἔδεσθον ἔδεσθον ἐδόμε(σ)θᾰ ἔδεσθε ἔδονται
subjunctive ἔδωμαι ἔδηαι ἔδηται ἔδησθον ἔδησθον ἐδώμε(σ)θᾰ ἔδησθε ἔδωνται
optative ἐδοίμην ἔδοιο ἔδοιτο ἔδοισθον ἐδοίσθην ἐδοίμε(σ)θᾰ ἔδοισθε ἐδοίᾰτο
imperative   ἔδεο ἐδέσθω ἔδεσθον ἐδέσθων   ἔδεσθε ἐδέσθων
active middle/passive
infinitive ἔδειν/ἐδέμεν(αι)/ἔδμεν(αι) ἔδεσθαι
participle m ἔδων ἐδόμενος
f ἔδουσᾰ ἐδομένη
n ἔδον ἐδόμενον
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἔδον, ἐδόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔδον ἔδες ἔδε(ν) ἔδετον ἐδέτην ἔδομεν ἔδετε ἔδον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐδόμην ἔδου ἔδετο ἔδεσθον ἐδέσθην ἐδόμε(σ)θᾰ ἔδεσθε ἔδοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἔδεσκον, ἐδεσκόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
active indicative ἔδεσκον ἔδεσκες ἔδεσκε(ν) ἐδέσκετον ἐδεσκέτην ἐδέσκομεν ἐδέσκετε ἔδεσκον
middle/
passive 		indicative ἐδεσκόμην ἐδέσκου ἐδέσκετο ἐδέσκεσθον ἐδεσκέσθην ἐδεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ ἐδέσκεσθε ἐδέσκοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “ἔδω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 375

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